Construction Site Safety Stats: Preventing Workplace Injury

Working in construction can be a great learning experience and often a good paycheck. But many miss out on the experience of learning a trade and providing for their families because they do not pay attention to construction site safety procedures, and end up either getting seriously injured or die. Paying attention to construction industry safety statistics allows us to be reminded of the dangers of working in construction so that the correct safety measures are taken and no worker is injured or killed on the job.

Construction Site Safety Statistics

The United States Department of Labor has dedicated a department to work safety entitled the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This government organization makes sure that companies in the construction business are adhering to job site safety procedures and is also the reference to the statistics reviewed in this article. Reported construction related injury and death statistics reported by OSHA include:

• 4,836 job site deaths in the year 2015
• 93 job site deaths a week and 13 job site deaths every day in the year 2015
• 17% of job site deaths in 2015 were contractors
• 937 job site deaths were construction workers
• 364 of those 937 construction deaths were due to falls
• An average of one construction worker a day died due to falls in 2015
• 90 of the 937 construction deaths were due to being struck on the head by an object
• 81 of the 937 construction deaths were due to electrocution
• 67 of the 937 construction deaths were due to being stuck between structures, machinery, or equipment

Most Frequent OSHA Regulation Injustices

The OSHA is put into place to regulate safety measures that need to be taken to prevent injuries and death in the workplace. They provide inspections and violation orders to job sites that are at a higher risk for workplace injury and death due to misinterpreting or violating OSHA regulations. Identifying where others go wrong could help you determine what you should be doing to pass an OSHA inspection and prevent horrible injury and death on your job site. The most common OSHA regulation violations include:

• Construction fall protection safety
• Standard construction site safety requirements through communication
• General construction safety requirements for scaffolding use
• Protection of the respiratory requirements
• Requirements of controlling hazardous materials
• Industrial truck safety requirement measures
• General ladder safety requirements
• Machine use and guarding safety requirements
• Equipment use, wiring, and safety procedures for electrical work
• System design safety of electrical work

Preventing an OSHA Violation, Injury, and Death

Getting an OSHA safety violation may be aggravating, but having an employee get seriously injured or die due to neglecting safety requirements is even worse. The OSHA inspections are put into place to motivate business owners to educate their employees on OSHA safety procedures, and to adhere to them themselves. Infact, since the OSHA has come into play over 40 years ago, jobsite statistics have went from 38 deaths per day in 1970 to 13 per day in 2015. Safety procedures are not put into place to make your life more difficult, they are there to save your or an employee’s life! Don’t be another statistic, keep safety your number one priority on the job!

Fall Protection Construction Site Safety Requirements

Since neglecting fall protection and ladder falls are on the list of most violated requirements placed by the OSHA, it is important to purchase equipment that will be within regulation standards. Industrial Ladder provides fall protection for construction, climbing, positioning, and retrieval. Full harness kits or individual accessories can be purchased according to your needs. These safety materials not only make it safe for workers to perform tasks at high areas, but also allows them to have use of both hands while working. Additional to fall protection gear, Industrial Ladder provides a wide selection of ladders for a number of different tasks. To prevent electrocution while climbing, we offer fiberglass ladders that do not conduct electricity. Whether you need to replace a damaged ladder or ensure the safety of your employees by providing them with a more stable ladder, we have an option that will fit your needs.

To view our safety products and ladders, visit our website today. Have any questions about our products or services? Feel free to call us at 1-800-833-0800 so that our knowledgeable and experienced staff can assist you.

 

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